Posted:2nd Jun 2006Gayle, do most Brit sites not list the price for wood because it is concidered prostitution? If there is no price it is just promiscuous, right?

Wow..I don't think I ever knew how much I loved men who really knew their wood and poles. *shivers*

Enough o dat...

Hey NYC, ever occur to you to ship the plans to one of the smarter UK crew (I know, I know..slim pickins ) to convert for you.

Or...and this I agree with...well..whoever it was...

the Geo-domes are not so hard to come by and are pretty easy to assemble. They also tend to be available globally...so perhaps a crew of you can chip in for one?

Instead of tarps you can also use hot air balloons.

Many commercial balloonists will give the old ones to you for free. They allow filtered light to come through, are of a rip stop nylon which when treated is also pretty weather proof, they are airier than tarps and come in megaloads of colors. It is very nice and ethereal indeed. Just a thought for you.

As for the web issue...you are typing ".uk" in right? I know you damn sciency types like to make things over complicated so I'm just making sure.;)

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Posted:2nd Jun 2006no need for buying a kit...for a geodesic dome broom handles are the right size and then you just cut up a big pipe and drill the right amount of pole holes in it...much cheaper to make than buy (sorry i dont know how many poles :S ours is still in stroud)

Hey NYC, ever occur to you to ship the plans to one of the smarter UK crew (I know, I know..slim pickins ) to convert for you.

Or...and this I agree with...well..whoever it was...the Geo-domes are not so hard to come by and are pretty easy to assemble. They also tend to be available globally...so perhaps a crew of you can chip in for one?

Oh pleeze... the UK crew don't even make their own poi. You think they can assemble a geodesic dome from lumber they apparently don't ethically believe in?

And the only thing that's harder than getting a UK crew to build something is to get them to pay for it.

Posted:2nd Jun 2006i'm not sure why that would cost you $65 for just the brackets O.o I'm assuming thats where that comes from?

Either way, the wonders of google can translate measurements for you, make someone buy you 50x100mm boards (I think?) length shouldn't matter as long as they're all consistant your angles should stay the same and you'll be golden.

Posted:2nd Jun 2006$65 for a set of extremely strong pentaganal brackets with bolts sound like a pretty good deal to me! The're made to support the structure plus wooden roof if wanted. It's insanely strong.

I was thinking of that but actually it's geodesic domes to geodesic domes in 3 pages.

And any variation in the hexagon/pentagon ratio is due to the fact that life isn't perfect and you've got gravity to contend with.

It's actually that buckyballs aren't round but have several planes of hexagons joined by the pentagons. If you want to have round ones (like all of the above) you actually have to warp the struts a bit. All large structural geodesic domes cheat a bit to compensate for weight and gravity and to make them a bit rounder.

I did say it was my favorite organic chemistry lecture ever.

And now, every time you see one, you can find a pentagon and think of me.